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HA6NN

12/28/2019

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Episode 282 - Andras Bato - HA6NN

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Andras Bato, HA6NN, or “Andy” is coming up on his 50th anniversery as an amateur radio operator in Hungary, having grown up behind the “Iron Curtain” under Soviet influence.  Andy is active at every level of amateur radio from his involvement in Hungary's national radio club and as a representative of Hungarian hams at the IARU.
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HA6NN Website
Hometown: Oroshaza, Hungary
First License:  HA6NN, 1970

Current Rig:  
Yaesu FT-847 HF Transceiver
Yaesu FT-227 VHF Transceiver
Off Center Fed Dipole 41 meters

People: 
Andras Gschwindt, HA5WH, IARU Region 1 Satellite Coordinator
Dave Sumner, K1ZZ,  QSO Today Episode 172

Terms: 
Nograd County, Hungary
Nograd Fortress
Cat Whisker Radio
Radio Bucharest
MRC (Műegyetemi Rádió Club) i.e. the Radio Club of Budapest Technical University.
HA5MRC on qrz.com
Andy’s local radio club:  http://www.hg6n.hu/en/
Radio Novi Sad 
3 tube shortwave receiver
Miskolc Hungary
Pentode Vacuum Tube
Budapest Amateur Radio Club
Hungarian Amateur Radio Club 
Heathkit SB200 Transceiver
Heathkit SB101 Amateur Transceiver
Hungarian Amateur Radio License Details
HG6N Contest Station
LOTW - Log Book of the World
Teacher Of Practical Electronics
Informatics 
IARU region 1 
MO72 Satellite
ATL1 Satellite
Icom IC-701 Transceiver
Yaesu FT-847 Transceiver
Budapest Technical University
SMOG-P Satellite - how much energy is wasted into space
Yaesu FT-450D 
IARU Radio Sport Championship 
10 element UHF Yagi
Satellite Doppler Effect

Greatest challenge to amateur radio: Teach young people amateur radio

Excited most by:  Solar activity and band openings on 10 and 15 meters, Solar cycle 25, FT-8 Digital Mode, DXCC Award, Working All States using FT8 and FT4. 
FT4 

Advice to new or returning hams: Buy a cheap radio with an antenna tuner, build a vertical antenna, a PC and JT software 

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Icom IC-701 HF Transceiver
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Dave VE9CB
12/28/2019 12:35:00 pm

Hungary was never in the Soviet Union (USSR), and so is not "FSU." Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Belarus are examples of FSU countries. Hungary is not.

Hungary (like Poland, East Germany, Romania and others) was aligned with the USSR and was a member of the Warsaw pact while the Communists were in power. There is a difference between the USSR and the countries that were aligned with it.

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Eric 4Z1UG
12/29/2019 12:44:35 am

Dave - you are right and I will make a correction to this show notes page. Hungary was not a Soviet Union country, but was occupied by Soviet Troops until 1989, and considered behind the "Iron Curtain" until the FSU dissolved. Andy talks of Soviet control of amateur radio in this episode and their "club" influence on amateur operations.

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